THE All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Ogun State has kicked
against the use of card reader machines in the March 28 and April 11
elections.
It said that the rescheduled elections with ‘attendant fear and
anxiety’ would not give room for any experimentation by the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The state chairman of the party, Alhaji Tayo Sowunmi, said on
Wednesday, while addressing newsmen at the party’s headquarters in
Abeokuta, that the machines, according to observations of some electoral
observers, would waste a lot of time during the election.
Sowunmi also stated that the machines, according to the observers, were prone to breakdown.
He said, “In view of the observation of thousands of electoral
observers that the proposed use of Card Reader Machines will be
time-wasting and that the machines are prone to breakdown due to their
untested nature and possible power failure, APGA joins the millions of
people opposed to the device in calling for its rejection.
"INEC should, therefore, shelve the use of the card reader machines till 2019 elections."
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